USN · CL
SunkCleveland-class light cruiser Atlanta (CL-104), the fourth ship of the name, and a different ship from the light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51) scuttled off Guadalcanal. New York Shipbuilding launched her at Camden on 6 February 1944 and the Navy commissioned her on 3 December 1944. She screened the fast carriers near Okinawa in late May 1945 and off Japan in July and August, and she was not sunk in the war. She was sunk in an explosive test off San Clemente Island on 1 October 1970.
| Class | Cleveland class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light cruiser (CL) |
| Hull | CL-104 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden |
| Launched | 1944-02-06 |
| Commissioned | 1944-12-03 |
| Fate | Sunk. Decommissioned on 1 July 1949 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. Struck on 1 October 1962. Reinstated as IX-304 on 15 May 1964 for high-energy air-explosion tests off Kahoolawe in early 1965. Damaged, not sunk, and laid up at Stockton late in 1965. Struck again on 1 April 1970. Sunk in an explosive test off San Clemente Island on 1 October 1970. Two battle stars. Not lost in combat. |
| Armament (class) | Four triple 6-inch turrets and two funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
The U.S. Navy light cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-104) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey (USA), on 22 November 1944. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 33, Design 24D. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photos 19-LCM-CL104-9 and 19-LCM-CL104-10 from usndazzle.com Public domain.
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Command
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · From 22 to 27 May 1945, screened the fast carriers south of Japan near Okinawa while their aircraft struck the Ryukyus and Kyushu in support of the fighting ashore. Not sunk.
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